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Sr. DevOps EngineerBlind Squirrel Games • Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 1010
Sr. DevOps Engineer

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Blind Squirrel Games • Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 1010
30+ days ago
Job description

At Blind Squirrel Games, making great games is only the beginning. Blind Squirrel Games is a proud, independent studio that joins forces with developers and publishers seeking an innovative partner in creating quality games. At BSG, our people are our purpose, so we prioritize an inquisitive, proactive, and collaborative work environment for all our Squirrels.

As a Senior DevOps / Build Engineer at Blind Squirrel Games, you will play a critical role in building and maintaining the infrastructure that powers our game development pipelines. You'll work closely with engineering, IT, and production teams to ensure our CI / CD systems, deployment processes, and developer tools are efficient, scalable, and reliable.

This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about automation, thrives in a fast-paced game development environment, and enjoys solving infrastructure challenges.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain CI / CD pipelines and automated build systems to support game development across multiple projects.
  • Design and manage scalable cloud infrastructure to support game services and backend systems.
  • Deploy and maintain Perforce across a global studio topology, ensuring version control performance and availability.
  • Administer and tune virtualized environments Proxmox preferred; experience with hypervisors and VM configuration required.
  • Implement infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible and Semaphore.
  • Support backend teams with infrastructure tooling, cloud expertise, and DevOps best practices.
  • Write scripts and automation tools using Python, Groovy, and shell scripting to support developer workflows.
  • Collaborate across teams to ensure smooth deployment, monitoring, and support of services and tools.
  • Maintain dashboards and metrics using tools like PowerBI, Grafana, or similar.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and respond to high-priority build or infrastructure issues, especially during critical project milestones or launches.

Required / Preferred Skills and Experience

  • 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps or Build Engineering.
  • Strong experience with CI / CD systems such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
  • Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure especially AWS (EKS, ECS, IAM, S3, VPC, Secrets Manager, etc.).
  • Expertise in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency in Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
  • Advanced scripting abilities (Python, Groovy, Bash, etc.).
  • Experience with Linux server administration and shell scripting.
  • Familiarity with monitoring / logging frameworks and dashboard tools (Grafana, Prometheus, PowerBI).
  • Strong understanding of source control systems, particularly Perforce, in game development environments.
  • Bonus Points

  • Experience with UnrealBuildTool (UBT).
  • Shipped at least one AAA game title in a DevOps, Build Engineer, or Infrastructure role.
  • Familiarity with game development pipelines, tools, and processes.
  • Experience with custom build systems, asset management tools, or platform-specific deployment strategies.
  • Experience working with Git version control in conjunction with Perforce or in hybrid setups.
  • Passion for games and supporting game developers in delivering amazing experiences.
  • Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Eligibility to participate in benefits and perks may vary depending on position term and location.

    We share personal information collected internally, with affiliates and with service providers for the purposes set forth by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and with your consent. For the avoidance of doubt, Blind Squirrel Games does not sell your personal information to third parties, as those terms are defined in the CCPA.

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